In Farthest Seas

Upon the death of her husband, Innocenzo Monti, Lalla Romano sought to distil the essence of their long life together. The result was In Farthest Seas: a piercingly intimate retelling of the first four years and final four months of their relationship, built from shard-like moments of connection and revelation.With precise artistry, Romano braids together seemingly minor details-the expressiveness of Innocenzo's hands, the beauty of his face in sleep, a fleeting instance of pallor-that come to reveal the barest truths of life and death. Unsparing yet tender, minimal yet monumental, In Farthest Seas is a startlingly moving elegy for a great love by a vital Italian writer.



Graziella 'Lalla' Romano (1906-2001) was an Italian novelist, poet, translator and visual artist. Initially more interested in painting, from the 1940s Romano turned increasingly to writing, publishing her first poetry collection in 1941. During the Second World War she returned to her home province of Cuneo and became involved with the partisans. Her first novel, Maria, was published in 1953, and she went on to become one of Italy's most renowned writers, earning the Pavese Prize and the Strega Prize before her death at the age of 94. Her novel A SIlence Shared is also available from Pushkin Press.Brian Robert Moore is a literary translator from New York City. He has translated books by Italian authors including Goliarda Sapienza, Lalla Romano and Michele Mari, and his shorter translations have appeared in Guernica, The Nation, The Poetry Review and elsewhere. He has received the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature, a PEN Translates award and a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship.